Tell any three Nava vidya bhakti?
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Lord Shri Krishna makes a beautiful statement about the significance of bhakti or devotion in chapter 18 of the Bhagavad-Gita as:
bhaktya maam abhijaanaati yaavaan yas chasmi
tattvataha tato maam tattvato jnaatva vishate tad-anantaram
(Bhagavad Gita 18.55)
“By devotion he knows Me in truth, what and who I am; and knowing Me in truth, he forthwith enters into the Supreme.”
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In the 9th chapter Shri Krishna highlights the profoundness of true bhakti which pleases Him the most as:
patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami prayataatmanaha
(Bhagavad Gita 9.26)
“Whoever offers Me with devotion and a pure mind (heart), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water—I accept this as devotion.”
sudama krishna3Samo’ham sarvabhooteshu na me dweshyo’sti na priyah
Ye bhajanti tu maam bhaktyaa mayi te teshu chaapyaha
(Bhagavad Gita 9.29)
“The same am I to all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me and I am also in them.”
Yona hrishyati na dweshti na shochati na kaangkshati
Shubhaashubhaparityaagee bhaktimaan yah sa me priyah
(Bhagavad Gita 12.17)
chaitanyalove“He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.”
shabari-2Tulyanindaastutirmaunee santushto yena kenachit
Aniketah sthiramatir bhaktimaan me priyo narah
(Bhagavad Gita 12.19)
“He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, of a steady mind, and full of devotion—that man is dear to Me.”
The above slokas describe how even the tiniest of gestures in the name of devotion and love for the lord, can be a transforming experience.When God is understood and realized through the process of bhakti the person becomes realized and enters the state of self-realisation.